[lmm]

If they're good coders, sure. I can ignore work-unrelated stupidity, but if I have to work with someone incompetent at their job that becomes very unpleasant very quickly.

[webmaven]

I'll just note that coding is actually more a collaborative activity than a solitary one, so the 'socially challenged' are not very likely to be 'good coders'.

[tonecluster]

It becomes unpleasant very quickly regardless of the quality of the skills of the programmers.